DRIVER SERIOUSLY INJURED IN ESCONDIDO COLLISION

A 62-year-old Escondido man suffered serious head injuries in a collision Sunday afternoon at Midway Drive and East Washington Avenue, authorities said.

The man had to be cut from the vehicle by emergency crews, Escondido police Lt. Justin Murphy said. He was taken to Palomar Medical Center. His name was not released.

Escondido police responded to the accident at 1:36 p.m. The man was driving north on Midway Drive when he ran a red light and collided with a vehicle traveling west on Washington Avenue, Murphy said.

A third car also was involved. Two other people suffered minor injuries.

The man was driving a 2002 Chevy pickup. It was not determined if he was wearing a seat belt, Murphy said.

Alcohol was not involved, according to Murphy. The accident is under investigation.

Mike Freeman • U-T

Drowning victim in Oceanside identified

Oceanside

A 51-year-old Carlsbad man who had a heart attack and drowned while surfing in Oceanside on Tuesday evening was identified Sunday as Michael DeAngelis.

DeAngelis was surfing at Harbor Beach when he told his girlfriend he wanted to go out for one more ride, police said.

The girlfriend lost sight of him, and about 6 p.m. his body washed up on shore.

He was pronounced dead at Tri-City Medical Center Tuesday night.

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Gunshot victim in critical condition

San Diego

A 57-year-old man was shot in the head in the Jamacha-Lomita neighborhood Saturday night and was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, San Diego police said.

The incident on Solana Street, near Glencoe Drive, was reported about 9 p.m.

People ran outside to see what had happened and found the victim, police said. Paramedics took the critically injured man to a hospital.

Police were investigating Sunday.

Pauline Repard • U-T

Home in Vista burns; dog rescued

vista

A man was taken to a hospital after a fire at his home on Robelini Drive Saturday night, authorities said.

The fire broke out about 9:30 p.m. at the residence near state Route 78. Sheriff’s deputies put a man in handcuffs when he tried to run back into the burning house, reportedly to save a Chihuahua. Paramedics took the man to a hospital, and the dog survived. Sheriff’s officials had no information about how the man was injured.

The Red Cross was called to assist residents displaced by the blaze.

Pauline Repard • U-T

Girl wanders into traffic, is critically injured

San Diego

A toddler was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries after being hit by a car in Logan Heights on Saturday night, police said.

A 48-year-old man was driving east on National Boulevard near Interstate 15 around 9 p.m. when a 3-year-old girl wandered into the road and was struck by the car, said San Diego police Officer David Stafford.